Quilt Shops in Italy?
04-12-2010, 01:20 PM
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Hi all,
I'm traveling to Italy in a few weeks, and I was wondering if anyone knew of any quilt or sewing shops in Italy? I always like picking up fabric during my travels.
We will be going to Rome, Florence and Venice. Any information or suggestions would be greatly appreciated! Thanks.
I'm traveling to Italy in a few weeks, and I was wondering if anyone knew of any quilt or sewing shops in Italy? I always like picking up fabric during my travels.
We will be going to Rome, Florence and Venice. Any information or suggestions would be greatly appreciated! Thanks.
04-12-2010, 02:34 PM
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My DD was there a few months ago. She didn't see any quilt shops in any of those cities. She was there touring for 3 weeks and said she did look. But I'm guessing not too hard. :roll: :roll: :roll: :roll:
04-12-2010, 02:39 PM
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I found nothing in Florence or Rome when I was there in 2008. And I specifically looked. I did find one fabric shop in Rome that had some cotton on the second floor, buried. It was extremely expensive (over 100 Euro/meter and not what I would consider putting into a quilt.
Same thing in Paris although I did find one quilt shop run by an American that was selling the same fabrics we can get here for about 19 Euro/meter.
I think a trip to Europe is not the time to plan on quilt shop hopping. :)
Same thing in Paris although I did find one quilt shop run by an American that was selling the same fabrics we can get here for about 19 Euro/meter.
I think a trip to Europe is not the time to plan on quilt shop hopping. :)
04-12-2010, 03:21 PM
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I could find great yarn in England, which does make sense but couldn't find any really good quilting fabric. When I went about 8 years ago, I had my friend take a picture of me in front of the shop empty-handed to prove that I hadn't bought anything.
04-12-2011, 12:24 PM
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Are you going on the Country Heritage tour? I am. If not there is going to be a textile fair and quilts are being shown for the first time. Mostly fabric shops with beautiful silks ect. I looked on line for quilt shops and couldn't find any. Have a nice trip
04-12-2011, 12:39 PM
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I checked out LonelyPlanet.com at the following link:
http://www.lonelyplanet.com/italy/sh..._order=popular
The second one listed seemed the most relevant, Bassetti Tessuti in Rome.
ETA link: http://quiltinggallery.com/quilting-bloggers/c/105/
Quilting blogs in Italy - you may poke around on these and find some ideas for shops,etc.
http://www.lonelyplanet.com/italy/sh..._order=popular
The second one listed seemed the most relevant, Bassetti Tessuti in Rome.
ETA link: http://quiltinggallery.com/quilting-bloggers/c/105/
Quilting blogs in Italy - you may poke around on these and find some ideas for shops,etc.
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